BorBE11/23/23-24

Conveyance (Lease and Release): (1a) William Woodroffe, Bedford, cordwainer, only son and heir of John Woodroffee the younger, late of Bedford, brazier, deceased, who was only brother and heir at law of William Eastwell Woodroffe, late of Bedford St Paul, staymaker, who died a bachelor (1b) Martha Woodroffe, wife of William (2) James Bassett, Bedford, cordwainer (3) John Gillham, Bedford, hatter, a trustee for (2). By (1) to (2) for £415, messuage in High Street of Bedford St Paul over against Castle Lane, formerly two messuages now one, formerly a public house called the French Horn, heretofore in occupation of Thomas Ellis now of James Bassett; also a small cottage or tenement situate adjoining the above mentioned premises on the West part thereof, heretofore built on a piece of waste ground belonging to the Corporation of Bedford and now in the occupation of John Wood, all bounded: North - by messuage of Mr Peregrine Nash; East - by High Street; South - by premises in the occupation of Mr Thomas Kilpin; West - by Fish Market. To hold to uses. Witnesses: Francis John Budd, John Garrard

2,3 November 1812

From: 1812 To: 1812

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Woodroffe, William,
Woodroffee, John,
Woodroffe, William Eastwell,
Woodroffe, Martha,
Bassett, James,
Gillham, John,
Ellis, Thomas,
Wood, John,
Nash, Peregrine,
Kilpin, Thomas,
Budd, Francis John,
Garrard, John

cordwainer, brazier, staymaker, hatter, Bedford French Horn